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The Moon on Friday, August 1, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on August 1, 1969Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 August 1969372,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 1, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
372,150 km231,243 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1969 is on Tuesday, July 29, 1969 at 02:45 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 13, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 29, 196902:45
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 5, 196901:39

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Friday, August 1, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1969 to the new moon of August 13, 1969, a cycle of 29.63 days.